Question

A merchant can place 8 large boxes or 10 small boxes
into a carton for shipping. In one shipment, he sent a
total of 96 boxes. If there are more large boxes than
small boxes, how many cartons did he ship?

Answer 1

11 cartons total 7 large boxes (7 ×8 = 56 boxes) 4 small boxes (4×10 = 40 boxes 11 total cartons and 96 boxes